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Life Sciences Hub Wales is delighted to be taking part in this year’s Welsh NHS Confederation Annual Conference and Exhibition, which is taking place on 1 November at the All Nations Centre in Cardiff. 

State-of-the-art surgical robots are now helping to treat colorectal and gynaecological cancer patients in Wales as part of the new National Robotic Assisted Surgery Programme.

Life Sciences Hub Wales has supported Powys Teaching Health Board in scoping its point of care testing to help enhance services within primary care and Minor Injuries Units. This will help speed up patients receiving treatments and reduce the need for repeat visits and referrals.

The Biomedical Catalyst 2022 Round 2: Industry-led R&D funding competition is now open for applications until 12 October. A share of up to £25 million is available from Innovate UK for developing innovative solutions to healthcare challenges.

A cross-sector collaboration assessing and identifying the impact of remote monitoring technology on patient, care and clinical outcomes has been nominated in the ‘Digitising Patient Care Award’ category at the HSJ Awards and ‘Virtual or Remote Care Initiative of the Year’ category at the HSJ Patient Safety Awards. 

We are delighted to be supporting the NHS Wales Awards as the event returns to Cardiff on 20 October 2022 as a face-to-face ceremony for the first time in three years. The event aims to acknowledge the extraordinary work and achievements of people and teams working across the NHS in Wales.

Life Sciences Hub Wales has published an exciting Impact Report to celebrate the success of the Accelerate programme. This highlights how Accelerate has supported start-ups and SMEs in accelerating the development and adoption of new technology, products and services in health and social care systems across Wales

The Innovation Exchange Programme is working with Oxford Innovation Advice and the UK National Innovation Centre for Ageing (NICA) to support companies working across the field of healthy ageing. Successful applicants will get nine weeks of fully funded support from NICA, Oxford Innovation Advice, and Innovate UK KTN experts.

Life Sciences Hub Wales is delighted to announce nine successful submissions geared towards addressing major precision medicine priorities in Wales. 

PainChek, the world’s first artificial intelligence (AI)-powered pain assessment tool, has been supported by Life Sciences Hub Wales in receiving funding from the Gwent Regional Partnership Board via its Technology Enabled Care Programme.

The consultation on a new integrated innovation strategy for Wales is now live. The strategy will set out our priorities for innovation in Wales, which includes a specific ‘Healthier’ chapter that covers health and care.

NHS organisations in Wales are taking immediate and direct action to address waiting times and improve patient outcomes by working innovatively and in partnership.

Tune in to the latest episode of our Healthy Thinking podcast where we ask what the future of NHS Wales looks like following the initial Covid-19 response and how innovation can help us tackle the backlog. 

Our latest Healthy Thinking Podcast episode explores the exciting potential of a new technology-enabled community support system in West Wales. 

A search has begun for digital solutions to the biggest challenges facing the Welsh health and social care sectors today.

The latest episode of our Healthy Thinking podcast has landed, which explores the potential of artificial intelligence technologies for addressing important health challenges.  

Should our medical data be shared widely with doctors, patients and medical researchers if it benefits ourselves and others? The third episode of our Healthy Thinking podcast series explores the important ethical questions surrounding big data in healthcare.

The second episode of the Healthy Thinking podcast series has been released, exploring whether the NHS can help create a greener and more sustainable healthcare system. 

Join us on 16 June to discuss and explore how we can prioritise precision medicine innovation in Wales to deliver transformation. 

Life Sciences Hub Wales has launched the latest series of its ‘Healthy Thinking podcast’.

Life Sciences Hub Wales is delighted to be supporting the event which will see NHS colleagues from across Wales and the local and wider industry sector coming together to discuss clinical innovation in practice. 

We are excited to announce that we will be attending NHS ConfedExpo 2022 in partnership with The AHSN Network as part of the ‘Innovation Zone’.

A SIMPLE blood test that detects bowel cancer earlier - and improves the chances of survival for thousands of patients is one step closer to being available on the NHS, after showing excellent results in a primary care trial.

Respiratory Innovation Wales (RIW) in collaboration with Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board, Hywel Da University Health Board, Life Sciences Hub Wales, Masimo and Fujitsu, have brought together a mobile unit to address the shortfall within community services and provide increased access to respiratory diagnostics.

Life Sciences Hub Wales was delighted to continue its support at the latest Welsh Health Hack, which aims to encourage cross-sector collaboration w

A cross-sector partnership is delivering an important service evaluation on the NGPOD testing device, which may help to improve outcomes for patients who need nasogastric feeding.

A six-month pilot is underway to deploy remote monitoring for mental health patients across two Swansea-based care homes, Hengoed Park and Hengoed Court.

Innovate UK has opened its ‘Biomedical Catalyst 2022 Round 1: Industry-led Research and Development’ fund for UK-registered micro, small or medium-sized enterprises wishing to develop innovative solutions to healthcare challenges. Applications can be made from 28 March 2022 until 25 May 2022.

We are delighted to be supporting an event in a series celebrating women working across life sciences in partnership with Welsh Government, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the Industrial liaison Programme.

Life Sciences Hub Wales is working with three senior leaders from NHS Wales as Adoption Ambassadors.

CMR Surgical (CMR) – a global surgical robotics business –has announced that it has been awarded a significant multi-year contract by NHS Wales for implementation of the Versius® Surgical Robotic System in a National Robotics Assisted Surgery Programme.

As part of its latest series of films to showcase Welsh innovations with the power to revolutionise healthcare, we reveal how virtual reality training could become the future for healthcare professionals.

In our latest film to showcase the innovations made possible by the Accelerate programme, we explore a collaboration between Welsh innovators, Copner Biotech, and the Accelerate Healthcare Technology Centre (HTC) that could revolutionise cell culture via computer modelled 3D scaffolding designs.

A national robotic-assisted surgery programme allowing surgeons to perform complex procedures with more precision and control is being introduced in Wales, the Health Minister has announced.

Our CEO, Cari-Anne Quinn has penned an important article detailing why organisations are making Wales their place of choice for delivering health, care and wellbeing innovation, and how this can support our NHS.

In partnership with Abercynon-based social enterprise, Cynon Valley Organic Adventures, Cardiff University’s Clinical Innovation Accelerator team are delighted showcase their exciting ‘Green Prescribing’ Accelerate project in our latest video case study.

A partnership project between Gwylan UK and the University of Wales Trinity Saint David’s (UWTSD) Assistive Technologies Innovation Centre (ATiC), with the support of Accelerate, has created a pioneering new tool to help children manage their mental and physical health.

The Welsh Health Hack returns this February and March to support innovators and clinicians in developing challenge-led solutions across our NHS and healthcare systems.

Health Technology Wales has embarked on a search for technology with the potential to transform Wales’ social sector.

Huntleigh Healthcare Ltd, Clinical Innovation Accelerator (CIA), Cardiff University and the Welsh Wound Innovation Centre, have announced a partnership to evaluate a wound healing device supported in part by the Accelerate programme. 

A Rhondda heritage and conservation project which uses gardening and nature as a way of improving people’s employability skills and wellbeing has been named the 2021 National Lottery Wales Project of the Year.

Life Sciences Hub Wales was delighted to partner with MediWales to deliver this year’s Innovation Awards. This prestigious event brought together innovation leaders across health, care and industry in Wales to recognise outstanding achievements.

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board (CTMUHB), Roche Diagnostics, Digipharm and Life Sciences Hub Wales are launching a cutting-edge project to develop an innovative value-based model contract approach while improving the approach to diagnosis of heart failure in patients.

The one-day event held on 17 November was attended by more than 120 invited experts, key opinion leaders, practitioners and leade

Global technology company Healthy.io has launched the first use of their innovative wound care app in Wales, allowing patients to have their wounds assessed and monitored from the comfort of their own home.

The 2021 winners have now been announced for the inaugural TriTech Institute Health and Social Care Technology Challenge, a competition designed to identify, fund, and support new innovations and ideas that have the power to meet the ever-changing needs of Welsh patients.

NHS Wales is keeping our nation at the forefront of the Value-Based Health Care agenda with Value in Health Week, running from 8-12 November 2021.

Life Sciences Hub Wales is delighted to be partnering with MediWales for its sixteenth annual awards, with a ceremony that takes place on Thursday 2 December 2021.

Life Sciences Hub Wales is supporting Hywel Dda University Health Board’s new TriTech Institute with its first innovation challenge this month. 

Dr Chris Martin becomes the new chair of Life Sciences Hub Wales. He succeeds Professor Sir Mansel Aylward who is stepping down from the role of chair but will continue as a non-executive director on the board.

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board (CTMUHB) and Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB) have teamed up with Huma to pilot the remote monitoring of patients with cardiac issues (heart failure) across Wales via an app in their own homes.  

The Accelerate programme is supporting refurbishing Glanrhyd church into a space for the local communities to use.

A Welsh manufacturer, which is on a mission to tackle the world’s growing personal protective equipment (PPE) waste problem, is set to expand its global presence after securing its first export deals in Australia and Canada.

EmotionMind Dynamic Coaching is currently recruiting 60 participants for the new Accelerate study.

Accelerate partner, Healthcare Technology Centre, partners with Welsh athlete to study the potential benefits for CBD-based products in health, well-being, and disease treatments

Achieving Innovation is a new resource developed by Life Sciences Hub Wales to inform and guide those working across industry, health and social care innovation. It summarises key research, provides critical insights and delivers fresh perspectives from cross-sector thought leaders. 

The health benefits of drinking collagen-rich drinks are the subject of a new collaboration involving Swansea University researchers.

Life Sciences Hub Wales has published its Annual Review for 2020-21, highlighting its work and achievements during the past business year.

Wales Tech Week  is returning for its second year of cel

Production of a new range of safety eyewear for one of the world's leading names in the industry, Bollé, has begun at a site in Wales.

The Accelerate programme is now offering marketing support to businesses in Wales. 

RIW and Life Sciences Hub Wales are set to collaborate on a second event, providing an opportunity to network and engage with health and industry colleagues around the topic of Value-Based Health Care.

Creo Medical, an innovative medical device developer based in Chepstow, has worked in collaboration with a range of charities and organisations to donate over £130,000 worth of medical equipment to support the critical Covid-19 response in India.

Life Sciences Hub Wales welcomes the First Minister’s position that innovation in healthcare is central to ensuring that the culture of getting things done quickly in the health service during the coronavirus pandemic is not lost going forward.

On Friday 14 May, we will be exhibiting at the Genomics Showcase event hosted by Wales Gene Park on behalf of Genomics Partnership Wales (GPW).

Clinical Innovation Accelerate (CIA), a partner in the Accelerate programme, is supporting projects involved in social prescribing.

Outpatients challenge: Simulation Technology for Healthcare Training

Wales has become the first country in the world to launch specialised Intensive Learning Academies (ILAs) that will deliver transformational training and support across preventative health, Value-Based Health and Care, and innovations in health and social care.

DHEW is delighted to be supporting the upcoming MediWales Connects conference. The online event is bringing together NHS colleagues from across Wales, local companies, and the wider industry sector to explore the best practice for clinical innovation from 29 March to 1 April 2021.  

Clinical Innovation Accelerator (CIA) receives prestigious United Nations Green Impact Award

A South Wales company has developed an innovative way to recycle single use personal protective equipment (PPE) in a bid to tackle the mountain of waste being produced as a result of the pandemic.

To celebrate International Women's Day, the Accelerate Cross Cutting Themes group invited six inspirational women from within the tech, health and care sector to talk about their experiences.

An Accelerate supported project has Cardiff University scientists joining forces with a Cynon Valley social enterprise to explore the benefits of green ‘social prescribing’ on health, wellbeing and quality of life.

Having mobilised to assist UK Government efforts to combat Covid-19, a Port Talbot company specialising in the manufacture and global distribution of precision instrumentation, has now become the UK’s first safety goggle manufacturer.

The new Intensive Learning Academies (ILAs) support the Welsh Government’s long-term plan for health and care -  A Healthier Wales.

The programme marks its third year of uniting clinicians, policy makers and innovators to create a dynamic digital innovation community in Welsh healthcare. 

Eleven teams are attending the three-day academy – shortlisted from 38 submissions from 185 people across 27 organisations who submitted their projects to be considered for a place. Applications came from across Wales, including health boards, local authorities and the third sector.

Wales continues to pioneer in Value-Based Health Care with landmark charter

Running across Life Sciences Hub Wales and associated partners’ social media channels, the Accelerate Wales Innovation Day is cal

The life sciences landscape is continually evolving as industry, academia and health and social care seek to advance the development and adoption o

California based KDx Diagnostics and the Accelerate programme partner to develop non-invasive bladder cancer test

To most people, virtual reality is synonymous with gaming, but its potential stretches well beyond into managing complex healthcare issues, such as pain and anxiety.

Value-Based Health Care is an increasingly important health care strategy driven by improving patient experience and outcomes, and effectively usin

The ARCH Innovation Forum will again open its virtual doors in early 2021 and offers a platform for presenters to engage with a multi-disciplinary panel of experts from academia, NHS, and industry.

Life Sciences Hub Wales has appointed five Non-Executive Directors to join its Board to play a critical role in shaping the organisation’s future strategic direction. The appointments come at an exciting and challenging time for industry, health and social care, where the demand for innovative solutions is greater than ever.

Discover how the Accelerate programme supported some of the innovate finalists for the 8th Welsh Health Hack.

The MediWales Innovation Awards took place online on Wednesday 2 December to celebrate the outstanding achievements across industry and health and social care in Wales.

The Welsh Health Hack continues to highlight the amazing talent in Wales with five winning pitches announced that help tackle major challenges facing health and social care.

As 2020 comes to a close, leading lights across industry and healthcare will come together at this year’s virtual Innovation Awards on Wednesday 2 December

New figures reveal that Welsh industry’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic has generated millions of pounds for the Welsh economy and supported the creation and safeguarding of hundreds of jobs across the country.

Life Sciences Hub Wales launched the first Value in Health Week (12-16 October) in partnership with the national Value in Health Team on Monday 12 October.

Concentric Health, who earlier this year launched their digital consent and shared decision making application, have began work on version two of the platform. 

The expert consultancy service supports technology developers in Wales to demonstrate value that meets the needs of care commissioners, care provid

AgorIP is launching an internal call to NHS Wales who have a novel innovation that needs commercial support.

Rhodri joins the organisation after serving as a member of its’ board for the last three years.

Rescape Innovation Ltd are pioneering the use of Virtual Reality (VR) in healthcare to reduce pain, anxiety and improve the patient journey.

A Welsh company has nearly doubled its permanent workforce to 127 staff in just four months after switching part of its operations to create personal protective equipment (PPE) in response to the Covid-19 pandemic.

The AgorIP Project which has helped the Welsh economy and innovation in west Wales to prosper over the last four years, has been extended to benefit all of Wales, with a total investment of more than £20m.

Welsh Government and Life Sciences Hub Wales are supporting plans to build a 200 strong team of specialists at Wales’ soon to be launched Lighthouse Lab, which is set to create additional capacity for the UK’s Covid-19 testing strategy.

A £1.5 million investment by Hardshell is set to see the UK’s first medical-grade mask-making facility established in Wales, creating over 40 jobs and boosting business opportunities in the region.

Advanced Therapies Wales (ATW) programme has been established to harness the benefits from emerging and transformative therapies for the people of Wales and is pleased to announce its official launch on 4 August, 2020.

Both organisations have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to support technology development and adoption to maximise health be

Public Health Wales, in partnership with the NHS Wales Informatics Service, Swansea University and Social Care Wales have been selected as one of five of The Health Foundation Networked Data Labs. They will receive up to £400,000 over two years to form a community of analysts working on the biggest health and care challenges.

As part of the very first Wales Tech Week, Digital Health Ecosystem Wales introduces the brand-new beta version of the NHS Wales Developer Portal. It’s designed to make it easier for developers to understand requirements and test prototype solutions for NHS Wales.

As the Covid-19 pandemic sparked unprecedented global demand and competition for personal protective equipment (PPE), a Denbighshire-based protective equipment specialist has leveraged its international supply chains to ensure Wales has access to sources of essential equipment. 

Face shields to protect NHS staff, designed and 3D printed by an Accelerate and Swansea University team, have been awarded the CE safety mark allowing for large scale manufacturing for hospitals.

Swansea University’s Healthcare Technology Centre has played a key role in developing an award-winning communication aid for frontline health staff forced to wear face masks during the pandemic.

Five digital health initiatives have been awarded funding as part of a £150,000 call to action for new and innovative ways to use digital technology in response to coronavirus and beyond. The call to action was coordinated by Digital Health Ecosystem Wales, a collaboration between Life Sciences Hub Wales and the NHS Wales Informatics Service (NWIS).

Life Sciences Hub Wales has recently been working with Business and Industry in the 2020 Life Sciences campaign.

An advanced laboratory dedicated to leading Wales’ national Covid-19 testing has been established in Cardiff, thanks to collaboration between Public Health Wales and one of the world’s leading diagnostics companies.

The accelerated adoption of innovation has never been more critical than it is today. How can we give innovators the tools they need to lead adoption at scale in the aftermath of Covid-19?

A Caerphilly company has switched up production at its factory to create millions of sustainable face shields that will be used worldwide by frontline staff as well to support employees returning to the workplace.

Welsh Government have announced a new funding competition for digital solutions to help fight Covid-19. The competition is being supported by Digital Health Ecosystem Wales and funding is available for between five and eight projects to rapidly pilot products and solutions.

In early April, Life Sciences Hub Wales made a national industry call out for companies to support Wales’ work to combat the viru

The Welsh Health Hack returned for an online event this past week, this time focussing on the challenges which health and social care services in Wales are facing due to the coronavirus outbreak.

Businesses from across Wales have been adapting and innovating at an unprecedented scale and pace to combat the spread of Covid-19 and help treat those affected by the virus.

The onset of the coronavirus pandemic has placed an unprecedented demand on the provision of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for frontline health and social care workers.

A Welsh manufacturer that can trace its life-saving work to the trenches of the Crimean war is now working to ensure that NHS Wales has the supplies it needs in the battle against Coronavirus.

The Accelerate programme partners are closely monitoring the Welsh Government advice relating to the Coronavirus, and working to minimise the effect the virus is having on the delivery of the programme.

Health Technology Wales (HTW) is working with partners in health and social care to support the response to the Covid-19 pandemic. This report has been produced to assist the Welsh Government, and Health and Social Care in Wales, in their response to the pandemic.

On Monday, 20 April 2020 during our virtual team briefing, we were joined by special guest - Dr Jamie Roberts, Wales International Rugby star, and current innovation fellow at Cardiff and Vale University Health Board.

Life Sciences Hub Wales has developed an online portal to enable industry to upload offers of support for the health and social care sectors for consideration by NHS Wales.

Health Technology Wales (HTW) is working with partners in health and social care to support the response to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.

Ysbyty Calon y Ddraig, the temporary hospital based at the Principality Stadium has been opened today, Monday 20 April 2020, by His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales.

First Minister Mark Drakeford and NHS Wales are appealing to the Welsh public to download a new COVID Symptom Tracker app to help the NHS response

Following the roll-out of digital appointments for GP surgery’s across Wales, a further £2.8m has been invested to extend the scheme to all of secondary and community care.

Welsh gin distilleries have produced and given away more than 200,000 bottles of desperately needed hand sanitiser to frontline services, essential workers and community care providers since the start of the Coronavirus pandemic.

NHS Wales want to hear from any staff who think they have spotted a smarter way of working or have come up with innovative new practices during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Digital Health Ecosystem Wales (DHEW) and Technology Enabled Care (TEC) Cymru join forces to bring you a brand-new website helping support and accelerate innovation in digital health technology in Wales.

All GP practices in Wales can now access a new system, which allows people to have online appointments with their doctor and other healthcare professionals.

Life Sciences Hub Wales is calling on companies and innovators from across the country to join the fight against coronavirus.

Life Sciences Hub Wales continues to closely monitor updates provided by Public Health Wales and Public Health England surrounding COVID-19. 

Patients in Wales could soon see virtual reality become an everyday part of their medical treatment plans, thanks to ground-breaking research and development by a Welsh tech company.

Global tech giant Fujifilm has given Welsh healthcare professionals an exclusive first look at its latest medical innovation ahead of the product’s global clinical launch.

The Association for the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) Cymru Wales has partnered with the Welsh NHS Confederation to launch a new toolkit to promote the pharmaceutical industry and NHS Wales working together for patients.

We have taken a key step towards helping to end the stigma surrounding dementia by becoming Dementia Friends and supporting Alzheimer's Society Cymru’s vision of a dementia-friendly Wales.

This week, in partnership with Business News Wales, we launch a dedicated channel that focusses on industry’s developments across health technology in Wales.    

Community Pharmacy Patient Inhaler Project a success!

The Welsh Health Hack returned for the fourth time this January, in Anglesey north Wales. The event, hosted by event partners M-SParc, was attended by over 100 people across industry, academia and the NHS.

Health Technology Wales (HTW) celebrated its second anniversary with an event to showcase the impact it’s making on health and care in Wales.

Join us on Weds 25 and Thurs 26 March 2020 as we bring together health and social care pioneers, industry experts, and academia to explore how collaborative working will bring to life revolutions in the delivery health and social care.

300 guests came together on 4 December at Cardiff’s National Museum to find out the winners of annual MediWales Innovation Awards 2019.

On 24 September, Life Sciences Hub Wales welcomed experts across academia, third sector, industry, health and social care for our second HUB SPARKS event.

On 28 November, Life Sciences Hub Wales held the first ever Wales Cancer Innovation Challenge. This two-day event, which was attended by over 100 delegates, including representatives from the life sciences industry from across the UK and clinicians from across NHS Wales.

Our board member Cath O'Brien awarded a 'Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)'

We’re pleased to announce that bookings are now open for our national healthcare innovation conference, Tomorrow’s Health 2020.  Wed 25 - Thur 26 March 2020

The annual awards ceremony takes place on Wednesday 4 December 2019, where over 300 guests celebrate the achievements

The event was introduced by Professor Chris Jones, Deputy Chief Medical Officer for Wales

Now in the twelfth year, the NHS Wales Awards are an opportunity to showcase good practice and innovation in transforming the quality and safety of patient care.

Last week Life Sciences Hub Wales welcomed the Association of British HealthTech Industries (ABHI) at our offices in Cardiff.

Life Sciences Hub Wales is delighted to announce that applications for The Spread and Scale Academy are now open. The Academy is a unique and innovative programme developed in collaboration with Cardiff and Vale University Health Board and the Bevan Commission.

A new app which helps women and men complete vital physiotherapy exercises after breast or axilla surgery is making is making a huge difference to their successful recovery.

In the second 'Healthy Thinking' podcast from Life Sciences Hub Wales, Professor Mark Drakeford AM - First Minister of the Welsh Government in Wales - talks about his plans to ensure innovation plays an integral part in the Welsh economy and health and care service provision.

Whatever stakeholder you are in the Welsh health and social care system, you need innovation and determination to succeed.

In the first 'Healthy Thinking' podcast from Life Sciences Hub Wales, Sir Sam Everington - a leading innovator of general practice - explains how social prescribing is making a real difference to patients and their communities.

Life Sciences Hub Wales is launching 'Healthy Thinking', a new podcast series today (1 May 2019).

In January, Concentric, a new Welsh life sciences business set to transform patient-centered decision making, set up new headquarters in Cardiff. The start-up has big ideas – and it hopes to work with our Accelerate programme to help realize them. We sat down with Dafydd Loughran, CEO, to find out more about Concentric’s ambitions for the future.

We are delighted to be supporting outstanding examples of best practice and innovation that improves services for patients at this year’s NHS Wales Awards, to be held on 19th September 2019.

Earlier this month, Professor Sir Michael Marmot visited Life Sciences Hub Wales for a series of meetings with senior Welsh Government officials and to lead a morning seminar for health and social care leaders in Wales.

Life Sciences Hub Wales invites NHS Wales to collaborate as innovation partner

Wales has a challenge to address health inequalities – from cradle to the grave – and take action on the social determinants of health. We look at how Wales can make a positive change through policy, education and advocacy.

Life Sciences Hub Wales welcomes the appointment of Prof Mark Drakeford AM as the new First Minister of the Welsh Government.

Life Sciences Hub Wales offers its warmest congratulations to Hywel Dda University Health Board as winners of the MediWales Innovation ‘NHS Wales Collaboration with Industry’ Award.

Around 300 delegates from health, care and industry come together for the second Digital Health and Care Conference Wales 2018, 'Accelerating Digital Change'.

Over the next two days, Life Sciences Hub Wales will be engaging with partners from across health and social care at this year's Welsh Public Health Conference, a flagship event organised by Public Health Wales and the Welsh Government.

A pioneering programme that speeds up the translation of ideas into new products and services to improve health and care, is now open for applications.

Life Sciences Hub Wales is hosting a workshop on Thursday 25 October to raise awareness of the Ageing Society Grand Challenge which was announced by the UK Government earlier this year.

Funding announced today will drive health innovation in Wales as well as create new jobs and boost the economy.